Nicole Lorin Linton, 37, has been charged with six counts of murder and five counts of aggravated manslaughter, prosecutors announced Monday, according to KTLA. Ms. Lindon’s Mercedes-Benz ran a red light at high speed at an intersection in Windsor Hills, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, last Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. Footage of the fatal crash posted on social media shows the vehicle crashing into several vehicles before bursting into flames. Among the victims of the six-car crash were pregnant mother Asherey Ryan, her 11-month-old son Alonzo and her boyfriend Reynold Lester, her sister Sha’seana Kerr said in a GoFundMe post. Nurse Nicole Linton will be charged with six murders, prosecutors say (Linkedin) The family was on their way to a pregnancy test when the crash happened, family members told KTLA. The unborn child was listed as “baby boy Ryan” in the medical examiner’s file, according to KABC. Ms. Linton, who is from Texas, was transferred from the hospital to the Los Angeles County Regional Detention Facility on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. In a statement Monday, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon called the crash “tragic.”
